Reply by Operaman

The priority case has been overstated a bit in referencing Garrett Hack’s article in FWW. First, Garrett uses the words ”...rough order of importance”. Secondly, Garrett is a dear friend and I know that, while he believes that every woodworker starting to use handtools should begin with a No. 4, the other tools are greatly variable depending on what kind of work you are to be doing: thus the rendering “rough order”.